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    CARAMEL PECAN COOKIES


    Source of Recipe


    Gourmet December 2003

    List of Ingredients




    For crust
    Ingredients for basic butter cookies
    For caramel pecan topping
    1 1/2 cups sugar
    1 cup heavy cream
    3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into bits
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    2 cups pecans (1/2 lb), toasted, cooled, and coarsely chopped

    Recipe



    INGREDIENTS FOR BASIC BUTTER COOKIES:
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
    1 cup sugar
    1 large egg
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla

    Make crust:
    Grease a 13- by 9-inch metal baking pan, then line with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on both ends, and grease foil.
    Follow recipe for basic butter cookies to make dough (do not chill), then press dough evenly onto bottom of baking pan, using plastic wrap on top to prevent dough from sticking to your fingers, and chill until firm, about 20 minutes.

    While crust chills, put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.

    Bake crust until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 20 minutes. (Leave oven on.)

    Make topping while crust cools:
    Cook sugar in a 2 1/2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar is melted to a deep golden caramel. Tilt pan and carefully pour in cream (caramel will harden and steam vigorously). Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in butter, vanilla, salt, and pecans.

    Immediately spread topping over cooled crust and bake until bubbling, about 20 minutes. Cool completely in pan on rack, about 2 hours.

    Run a heavy knife under hot water, then wipe dry and cut confection into 2-inch triangles, diamonds, or squares.

    Cooks' note:
    Cookies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper or parchment, in an airtight container at room temperature 1 week.



    Makes 3 to 4 dozen cookies




 

 

 


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